
This bilingual certificate training programme lasts for 6 months. Developed by 4 African and French institutions, the program is managed in partnership with businesses across the African continent.
Whether you are from the north, south, east or west of the African continent, from an English or French-speaking country, and work in the private or public sector, LeAD Campus is for you.
- Programme overview
- Objectives, audience and conditions
- Partners and academic team
- Certification & networking
- Practical information
KEY FIGURES
- 1 session per year, since 2016
- 25 to 35 participants per class
- 80 participants obtained the certificate since 2016
- 39 y/o is the average age of the group
- 100% is the level of participants satisfaction each year
- 85 speakers and experts mobilised in average each year
2019 TRAINING PROGRAMME
KEY STRENGTHS OF THE PROGRAMME
TRAINING
A training programme for the African continent compatible with ongoing professional activity, compliant with the best international standards.
CERTIFICATE
A joint certificate from 4 renowned institutions in Africa and in France.
ACADEMIC FORMAT
An innovative and travelling academic format: mix of on-site modules (22 days) together with a personalised support programme and remote activities.
MENTORSHIP
Active involvement of companies: individual support from a mentor, site visits, engagement with experts.
OPPORTUNITIES
An opportunity for exchange and to interact with other leaders and potential partners
PROJECT
An individual project to structure and to develop throughout the programme
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT
Before starting the program, you will need to prepare a proposal describing the entrepreneurial project you wish to undertake.
Your project will be part of an ongoing work throughout the programme. The programme will help you shape and structure your project for its future implementation. Your individual executive project will be described in a summary that you will present to a jury at Sciences Po at the end of the programme.
MENTORSHIP
Throughout the programme, participants benefit from one-on-one support from mentors and high-level professionals who share their experience, knowledge and networks. Working with a mentor is an essential part of the programme as it enables strong professional growth.
CONTACTS
5 rue Roland-Barthes, 75012 PARIS
Jeanne Hénin
Tel.: +33 (0)4 91 13 17 69
PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES
- Strengthen your leadership, vision and ability to innovate
- Build your project or business
- Master management fundamentals
- Develop your project responsibly, while incorporating the challenges related to growth and sustainable development on the African continent
- Expand your network

More than Business
This program explores the various dimensions of leadership, management and the running of a business.
Africa’s opportunities and challenges, as well as the new demands of sustainable development, require new models of organization, which are more creative, innovative and inclusive. That will have ramifications for the management of resources, of carbon footprints and social inclusion.
Participants will complete a project whose contribution or innovation will have a positive impact on sustainable development in Africa, and the project will be contemporaneous with the course.
In this way, students can apply what they are learning in real life. Students will use the project to focus on a theme that they want to work on, develop, and deepen their understanding of throughout the program, and which they will in turn be able to apply on the African continent.
AUDIENCE
The programme brings together leaders:
- From the private sector: entrepreneurs, SME directors, top executives from national, multinational corporations and social business pioneers;
- From the public, non-profit and civil society sectors: civil servants, economic policy officers, NGO managers.
Course Objectives:
Complete your project with an eye to making a positive impact on sustainable development on the African continent.
CONDITIONS
Applicants must:
- Speak both French and English fluently
- Have a Bachelor of Arts (BA) or Bachelor of Science (BSc) and at least five years of professional work experience
- Have their own professional or entrepreneurial project for the African continent that they will be able to work on in the program
At the end of the programme, a high-level certificate delivered by a collective of four prestigious institutions, will officially validate the successful completion of all the programme requisites. The decision to award the certificate is based on continuous assessment of group assignments, the individual project and remote activities. Attendance at all modules is compulsory.
THE POWER OF NETWORKS
The LeAD Campus certificate provides successful participants with access to four alumni networks - Sciences Po (France), Nelson Mandela School of Public governance of the UCT (South Africa), ISM (Senegal) and AFD/CEFEB (France).
DURATION OF THE TRAINING PROGRAMME
This itinerant program runs from November to June, 22 days of on-site training and remote training (e-learning, distant mentorship, development of the individual executive project).
DATES AND LOCATION
- Module 1 - November 25-29, 2019, Ben Guerir and Rabat (Morocco) : The major challenges and megatrends of the African continent
- Module 2 - January 13-17, 2020, Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire) : Acting “with impact”: the building blocks for sustainable and responsible growth
- Module 3 - March 2-5, 2020, Nairobi (Kenya) : Acting “for impact”: innovative business models that address and meet Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- Module 4 - April 13-17, 2020, Cape Town (South Africa) : Improving the coherence of support functions in order to implement a responsible business strategy
- Module 5 - June 22-25, 2020, Paris (France) : Enlightened leaders meeting the challenges of the 21st century
TUITION FEES
Fee: 16,000 euros (Including accommodation in Africa)
CONTACTS
5 rue Roland-Barthes, 75012 PARIS
Jeanne Hénin
Tel.: +33 (0)4 91 13 17 69